Vista - RAW format disk

11-05-2007

My computer system is Window VISTA Ultimate version. The hard disk of my
notebook was not enough, so I bought 160GB Samsung hard disk which separate
two division, one is 60GB and the other is 100GB, and connect by USB.
Someday, it just doesn't work. At first, I think hard disk was dead and then
I found I could see the device but it didn't have any data. I saw the format
was RAW, not NTFS. What can I do? How to save my important data?

11-06-2007

If it says your drive is RAW, then it needs to be Formatted!!
I don't know know how you partioned the drive. BUT it Must be REFORMATTED
if it reads RAW.
Hope this will help you.

James" <sulliveno@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23aZK$ZCIIHA.5160@xxxxxx

Quote:

> My computer system is Window VISTA Ultimate version. The hard disk of my
> notebook was not enough, so I bought 160GB Samsung hard disk which
> separate two division, one is 60GB and the other is 100GB, and connect by
> USB. Someday, it just doesn't work. At first, I think hard disk was dead
> and then I found I could see the device but it didn't have any data. I saw
> the format was RAW, not NTFS. What can I do? How to save my important
> data?

11-06-2007

James wrote:

Quote:

> My computer system is Window VISTA Ultimate version. The hard disk of my
> notebook was not enough, so I bought 160GB Samsung hard disk which
> separate two division, one is 60GB and the other is 100GB, and connect
> by USB. Someday, it just doesn't work. At first, I think hard disk was
> dead and then I found I could see the device but it didn't have any
> data. I saw the format was RAW, not NTFS. What can I do? How to save my
> important data?

Attach the drive to another computer running a different operating
system - XP or Linux for example. If you can read the data, copy it off
either to that computer's hard drive or burn to CD/DVD-R. Then take the
drive back to your Vista machine and format it. Restore the data to it
from your backups.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

11-05-2007	#1 (permalink)
James n/a posts	RAW format disk My computer system is Window VISTA Ultimate version. The hard disk of my notebook was not enough, so I bought 160GB Samsung hard disk which separate two division, one is 60GB and the other is 100GB, and connect by USB. Someday, it just doesn't work. At first, I think hard disk was dead and then I found I could see the device but it didn't have any data. I saw the format was RAW, not NTFS. What can I do? How to save my important data?
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11-06-2007	#2 (permalink)
jrb1164 n/a posts	Re: RAW format disk If it says your drive is RAW, then it needs to be Formatted!! I don't know know how you partioned the drive. BUT it Must be REFORMATTED if it reads RAW. Hope this will help you. James" <sulliveno@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23aZK$ZCIIHA.5160@xxxxxx Quote: > My computer system is Window VISTA Ultimate version. The hard disk of my > notebook was not enough, so I bought 160GB Samsung hard disk which > separate two division, one is 60GB and the other is 100GB, and connect by > USB. Someday, it just doesn't work. At first, I think hard disk was dead > and then I found I could see the device but it didn't have any data. I saw > the format was RAW, not NTFS. What can I do? How to save my important > data?
My System Specs

11-06-2007	#3 (permalink)
Malke n/a posts	Re: RAW format disk James wrote: Quote: > My computer system is Window VISTA Ultimate version. The hard disk of my > notebook was not enough, so I bought 160GB Samsung hard disk which > separate two division, one is 60GB and the other is 100GB, and connect > by USB. Someday, it just doesn't work. At first, I think hard disk was > dead and then I found I could see the device but it didn't have any > data. I saw the format was RAW, not NTFS. What can I do? How to save my > important data? Attach the drive to another computer running a different operating system - XP or Linux for example. If you can read the data, copy it off either to that computer's hard drive or burn to CD/DVD-R. Then take the drive back to your Vista machine and format it. Restore the data to it from your backups. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
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